“Democracy is the best way to create awareness”, Dr Haider said.

By : Kashaf Iqbal

On 13^th march 2013 Dr Mubarik Haider was invited to talk on “the responsibilities of a journalist” in University of South Asia Lahore at the Media Studies Department. Dr Haider was one of the founding members of Pakistan People’s Party, also the author of Tehziab e Nargasiat. He said that Army and Feudal class dominate Pakistan for many years and people are against dictatorship. He reminisced that during Ayubs regime Newspaper was nationalized by government and at that time journalists were not free to write against government, Media did not have freedom of speech. He further stated that Ayub khan introduced Pakistan Television, Zia ul Haq promote VCR culture and Musharaf introduce new channels because all dictators wanted people to be confided to their homes & not voice their thoughts. Adding to his lecture he said that opinion makers are under influence of ISI. He later answered the question raised by the students & bid good bye.